Sugar Calendar - Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform

We believe that it should be easy to manage events on your website! Sugar Calendar will quickly and easily enable you to do that. Would you like to sell tickets for your events? No problem, Sugar Calendar has you covered with a Stripe integration for our Event Ticketing feature, which you can use in the free version of our plugin! Most event calendar plugins are either way too simple, or overly complex and bloated. Sugar Calendar is lightweight and provides the major features you need for event management. Features Simple events management - Forget about complicated, cumbersome interfaces and do more with less. Our beautiful admin calendar interface will delight admins and clients on your website’s back-end. Events Calendar WordPress block - Place our Events Calendar WP block on your page and your visitors will have an awesome experience filtering, selecting and viewing your events in a beautiful calendar view. They can change the view of the calendar to display all events of the month, week or just a single day. Events List WordPress block - Add our Events List WP block on your page or in the sidebar and your visitors will have an awesome experience filtering, selecting and viewing your events in a beautiful list, grid or plain view. Shortcodes - Sugar Calendar provides shortcodes for displaying the beautiful Events Calendar and Events List, so if you are not using the Gutenberg editor, you can still use our blocks. Elementor blocks - Sugar Calendar also provides two Elementor blocks: Events Calendar and Events List, so you can easily add them in your Elementor editor. The Events Calendar one-click migration - Easily migrate your events from The Events Calendar plugin to Sugar Calendar with a single click. Google Maps Integration - Display a Google Maps map of the event location on the event details page. Event Ticketing [Addon] - Extend the functionality of our Event Ticketing feature which is available in the free version of our plugin. With this addon you will be able to process payments with the WooCommerce integration. Zapier Integration [Addon] - Integrate with over 7000 other apps via Zapier, with 3 Sugar Calendar zapier triggers: New Event, New Ticket Order, and New Attendee. RSVP [Addon] - Simplify your event management and boost attendance like never before! The RSVP Addon is packed with everything you need to effortlessly manage your guest lists and create a smooth experience for your attendees. Unique Calendars - Assign individual events to a specific Calendar. Visitors will be able to filter the events based on the calendar they are interested in. Calendars Feeds [Pro] - Visitors can subscribe to calendar feeds of your events, so they can easily get event updates to their personal calendar. Supported calendar feeds: Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and more. Start and end times - All events can be assigned a starting and end time, or you can also configure all-day or multi-day events. Recurring Events [Pro] - Sugar Calendar supports recurring events, even with super complex schedules. Event Venues [Pro] - Add additional location information to your events with our Venues feature. Manage your venues in a quick and simple way, allowing your visitors to get all the needed information (address, google map, phone number, website, etc.) about the event location. Customize date and time format - Display dates and times however you want, you can select from all the most common formats, or customize it to your exact liking. Export and Import Events - Easily export and import your Sugar Calendar events, tickets, attendees, calendars and more, from one WordPress site to another. Dark Mode - You can switch the Event Calendar or Events List WP block to dark mode, to match your dark styled theme. Event Link [Pro] - Configure a custom URL for each event. This can be used to redirect to an external website, if needed. Translation ready - Sugar Calendar is fully localized and ready for your language. It has been translated into 10 languages and is ready for more! Elevate your Events with Sugar Calendar Pro To get all awesome Sugar Calendar features you need, please check our premium license plans and you'll find the right one for you. The premium versions of Sugar Calendar include:

• Manage your event locations with the Venues feature.
• Use your existing WooCommerce integration to improve selling your event tickets.
• Integrate with over 7000 other apps via Zapier
• Allow your community to submit events with Frontend Event Submissions feature (WPForms, Gravity Forms, and Formidable Forms)
• Enable your visitors to subscribe to calendar feeds of your events
• Manage recurring/repeating events
• Duplicate an event with a single click
• And get priority support from our globally distributed full-time support team experts

Full Sugar Calendar Lite features list

• Simple Event Management
• Sell Event Tickets with Stripe
• Beautiful Admin Interface
• Events Calendar WordPress block
• Events List WordPress block
• Elementor blocks: Events Calendar and Events List
• Shortcode for displaying the Events Calendar and the Events List
• The Events Calendar one-click migration
• Google Maps Integration
• Customize date and time format/display
• Events Custom Post Type
• Event Calendar Custom Taxonomy
• Simple Event Configuration
• Easily Set Event Dates
• Easily Set Event Start and End Time
• Events Archive, Listed by Start Date
• Widgets for displaying calendars and event filters
• Sugar Calendar exporter and importer
• Dark mode support for the Event Calendar, Event List blocks, and single event page
• Large and small calendar views

Premium features If you purchase a premium license to Sugar Calendar you have access to:

• RSVP addon (if you select the Plus, Pro or Elite license)
• Event Ticketing addon (if you select the Plus, Pro or Elite license)
• Zapier addon (if you select the Plus, Pro or Elite license)
• Speakers
• Recurring / repeating events
• Event Venues
• Frontend Event Submissions
• Calendar Feeds
• Event URLs
• Event duplication
• All future pro features
• Priority support

Pro addons If you purchase an Plus, Pro or Elite license to Sugar Calendar you get access to all current and future pro addons.

• Event Ticketing - This addon allows you to easily sell tickets to your events via WooCommerce, whether they are virtual or in-person events. Easily integrates with WooCommerce to allow event tickets to be purchased through existing WooCommerce checkout pages.
• Zapier - This addon allows you to integrate Sugar Calendar with over 7000 other apps via Zapier. The plugin includes 3 triggers: New Event, New Ticket Order, and New Attendee.
• RSVP - This addon allows you to simplify your event management and boost attendance like never before! The RSVP Addon is packed with everything you need to effortlessly manage your guest lists and create a smooth experience for your attendees.

Sugar Calendar is a verified member of the Stripe partner program. This program recognizes software that meets Stripe's strict quality requirements and provides users of Sugar Calendar and Stripe with the confidence they need to trust us both with their payment integrations. Get help Sugar Calendar is backed by top-notch technical support from our globally distributed full-time support team. We also have an extensive documentation site available. If you’re looking for faster support via email, we encourage you to purchase a premium Sugar Calendar license. What's Next If you like our Sugar Calendar plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:

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3.7.2 - 2025-06-05

• Fixed: Legacy event list shortcode not showing events.
• Fixed: Timezone is being applied in the Admin Calendar even when turned off.
• Fixed: JS warning in edit event admin page.
• Fixed: Some product education.

3.7.1 - 2025-06-04

• Fixed: Fatal error on PHP 7.4.

3.7.0 - 2025-06-03

• Added: Support internationalization in the datepicker in our blocks.
• Added: Dashboard Widget: Quickly access your upcoming events from within the Dashboard.
• Added: Tags: Organize your events better using tags.
• Fixed: Filtering with category in the admin backend calendar isn't working with recurring events.
• Fixed: Event List block not showing current on-going events.
• Fixed: PHP warning when filtering events by calendars in Event blocks.
• Fixed: Overriding template for calendar archive is not working.
• Fixed: Add trailing slash in recurring event URLs to prevent 301 redirection.
• Fixed: Display mode on blocks are not working on non-english sites.
• Fixed: Blocks not loading all events.
• Changed: Made more strings translatable.

3.6.0 - 2025-03-13

• Added: Ability to set Event Ticket Attendee information as required.
• Added: Support for The Events Calendar Venues and Categories in our TEC to Sugar Calendar migration tool.
• Added: Two new filters to customize the date and time format of the events in the Event List block.
• Changed: Update Stripe integration to Payment Elements to support more payment methods.
• Changed: Improve how translations are loaded.
• Changed: Support localization for the day abbreviation in Event List block.
• Fixed: Styling issue on the Event Calendar block when the event has a long title.
• Fixed: Some styling issues in Venue education.
• Fixed: _load_textdomain_just_in_time warning.
• Fixed: Events are not displaying properly across hour slots in Admin calendar weekly and daily view.

3.5.1 - 2025-02-18

• Fixed: Missing "Group By Event" setting in Event List block.
• Fixed: Incorrect display of some multi-day events in the Event Calendar block.
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with ACF datepicker field.
• Fixed: Venue section display in the admin edit event page in smaller devices.

3.5.0 - 2025-01-27

• Added: More UI controls for the Events Calendar block.
• Added: 2 new filters to customize the event description in the popover in the Event Calendar block.
• Changed: Remove the start and end datepicker selection limitation in create/edit event page.
• Changed: Group multi-day events in the Event List block.
• Fixed: Improve performance with caching mechanism.
• Fixed: Improve a11y/accessibility of the Calendar block.
• Fixed: Improve List and Calendar blocks by loading images with the appropriate size.
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with Kadence theme.
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with SureCart plugin.
• Fixed: Compatibility issue with Tutor LMS plugin.
• Fixed: Styling compatibility issue in Events with tickets.
• Fixed: The shortcode [sugarcalendar_events_list] not working properly if the attribute maximum_events_to_show is set and events_per_page is not.
• Fixed: CSS issues in our Blocks controls on some themes.
• Fixed: Columns filter in the Event List view on the events admin page.

3.4.0 - 2024-11-14

• Added: Appearance option for the Events Calendar and Events List Elementor widgets.
• Added: Allow usage of Events Calendar and Events List blocks through the new shortcodes [sugarcalendar_events_calendar] and [sugarcalendar_events_list].
• Added: Display a no events message on the Event List shortcode when there are no events to display.
• Added: Ability to only show upcoming events in the Event List block.
• Added: More UI controls for the Event List block.
• Changed: Calendar name is now required when creating a new calendar.
• Changed: Bump the minimum required WP version to 5.9.
• Fixed: The shortcode [sc_events_list display='upcoming_with_recurring'] is not working properly on some WP installations.
• Fixed: Event metadata such as location, link etc. are not carried over when duplicating an event.
• Fixed: Events Calendar and Events List block JS file loading.
• Fixed: Missing url escaping.

3.3.0 - 2024-10-03

• Added: The Events Calendar one-click migration to Sugar Calendar.
• Added: Sugar Calendar exporter and importer.
• Added: Dark mode support for the Event Calendar, Event List blocks, and single event page.
• Added: Support for parameter upcoming_with_recurring in [sc_events_list] shortcode.
• Added: Bulk select controls in Event List view on the events admin page.
• Changed: Allow checkout for free event tickets.
• Changed: Improved Stripe's "Test Mode" and "Connect with Stripe" flow.
• Changed: Improved Event creation date and time.
• Fixed: The filter popup in the Event List and Calendar blocks on mobile devices.
• Fixed: Event List block breaking on non-english WP sites.
• Fixed: Prevent the creation of an event without a name.
• Fixed: Event date and time validation when creating or editing an event.

3.2.1 - 2024-08-15

• Added: Support manual UTC offsets timezone.
• Fixed: Elementor Widgets not working.

3.2.0 - 2024-08-07

• Added: Elementor Widgets: Events Calendar and Events List.
• Changed: Buy Tickets button are no longer displayed if Stripe is not connected.
• Changed: Update Calendar selection in Classic Editor to checkbox to support multiple calendars assignment of an event.
• Changed: Remove the usage of the should_load_separate_core_block_assets filter.
• Fixed: Limited Calendars displayed in Calendars Filter on the Event List block settings.
• Fixed: Past events not displaying on Calendar shortcode.
• Fixed: Default Calendar not working when the event is created using the Gutenberg editor.
• Fixed: Errors in Calendar Block on some cases when there are recurring events.
• Fixed: Events in Calendar Block not displaying in ascending order.

3.1.2 - 2024-07-15

• Added: Support for Timezone Visitor Conversion feature in shortcodes and both Event List and Event Calendar blocks.
• Added: Add admin notice when settings are saved.
• Added: De-activate the Lite version when the Pro version is active.
• Fixed: Timezone Visitor Conversion not working on single events.

3.1.1 - 2024-07-04

• Fixed: Incorrect minified URLs of the Event Ticketing CSS files.

3.1.0 - 2024-07-04

• Added: Event Ticketing feature.
• Added: Event List WP block called Events List.
• Added: Filter to allow non-admin users to manage events.
• Changed: Improved the UI and UX of the single event.
• Changed: Filter for managing events from 'manage_options' to 'edit_events'.
• Fixed: Fatal error on Calendar Feeds on some site configuration.
• Fixed: Some past events not showing in '[sc_events_list]' shortcode.
• Fixed: Recurring event label in the edit event page.

3.0.0 - 2024-05-30

• Added: calendar WP block called Events Calendar.
• Added: PHP 8+ support.
• Changed: Improved the plugin settings area (UI and UX).
• Changed: increased the minimal PHP version to 7.4.
• Changed: increased the minimal WP version to 5.8.